Jeremiah 14:20

The NET Bible®

Lord , we confess that we have been wicked. We confess that our ancestors have done wrong. We have indeed sinned against you.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
We acknowledge our wickedness, Lord,the iniquity of our fathers;indeed, we have sinned against you.

Hebrew Names Version
We acknowledge, LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against you.

King James Version
We acknowledge, O Lord , our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

English Standard Version
We acknowledge our wickedness, O Lord , and the iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against you.

New American Standard Bible
We know our wickedness, LORD, The wrongdoing of our fathers, for we have sinned against You.

New Century Version
Lord , we admit that we are wicked and that our ancestors did evil things. We have sinned against you.

Amplified Bible
We know and acknowledge, O LORD, Our wickedness and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against You.

World English Bible
We acknowledge, Yahweh, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against you.

Geneva Bible (1587)
We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickednesse and the iniquitie of our fathers: for we haue sinned against thee.

Legacy Standard Bible
We know our wickedness, O Yahweh,The iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against You.

Berean Standard Bible
We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.

Contemporary English Version
We and our ancestors are guilty of rebelling against you.

Complete Jewish Bible
We confess our rebellion, Adonai , also the crimes of our ancestors; yes, we have sinned against you.

Darby Translation
Jehovah, we acknowledge our wickedness, the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.

Easy-to-Read Version
Lord , we know that we are wicked. We know that our ancestors did evil things. Yes, we sinned against you.

George Lamsa Translation
We acknowledge, O LORD, our sins and the sins of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.

Good News Translation
We have sinned against you, Lord ; we confess our own sins and the sins of our ancestors.

Lexham English Bible
We know, O Yahweh, our wickedness, the iniquity of our ancestors, for we have sinned against you.

Literal Translation
We acknowledge our wickedness, O Jehovah, the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against You.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
We knowlege (o LORDE) all oure my?dedes, and the synnes of oure fathers, that we haue offended ye.

American Standard Version
We acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.

Bible in Basic English
We are conscious, O Lord, of our sin and of the wrongdoing of our fathers: we have done evil against you.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, even the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against Thee.

King James Version (1611)
We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickednes, and the iniquitie of our fathers: for wee haue sinned against thee.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
We knowledge (O Lorde) all our misdeedes, and the sinnes of our fathers: for we haue offended thee.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
We know, O Lord, our sins, and the iniquities of our fathers: for we have sinned before thee.

English Revised Version
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lord, we han know oure vnfeithfulnessis, and the wickidnessis of oure fadris, for we han synned to thee.

Update Bible Version
We acknowledge, O Yahweh, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against you.

Webster's Bible Translation
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, [and] the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.

New King James Version
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness And the iniquity of our fathers, For we have sinned against You.

New Living Translation
Lord , we confess our wickedness and that of our ancestors, too. We all have sinned against you.

New Life Bible
We know that we are sinful, O Lord, and we know the sin of our fathers. For we have sinned against You.

New Revised Standard
We acknowledge our wickedness, O Lord , the iniquity of our ancestors, for we have sinned against you.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
We acknowledge O Yahweh Our own lawlessness The iniquity of our fathers, - For we have sinned against thee.

Douay-Rheims Bible
We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, the iniquities of our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.

Revised Standard Version
We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, and the iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against thee.

Young's Literal Translation
We have known, O Jehovah, our wickedness, The iniquity of our fathers, For we have sinned against Thee.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
We know our wickedness, O LORD, The iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against You.

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ "Tell these people this, Jeremiah: ‘My eyes overflow with tears day and night without ceasing. For my people, my dear children, have suffered a crushing blow. They have suffered a serious wound. ¹⁸ If I go out into the countryside, I see those who have been killed in battle. If I go into the city, I see those who are sick because of starvation. For both prophet and priest go about their own business in the land without having any real understanding.'" ¹⁹ Then I said, " Lord , have you completely rejected the nation of Judah? Do you despise the city of Zion? Why have you struck us with such force that we are beyond recovery? We hope for peace, but nothing good has come of it. We hope for a time of relief from our troubles, but experience terror. ²⁰ Lord , we confess that we have been wicked. We confess that our ancestors have done wrong. We have indeed sinned against you. ²¹ For the honor of your name, do not treat Jerusalem with contempt. Do not treat with disdain the place where your glorious throne sits. Be mindful of your covenant with us. Do not break it! ²² Do any of the worthless idols of the nations cause rain to fall? Do the skies themselves send showers? Is it not you, O Lord our God, who does this? So we put our hopes in you because you alone do all this."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

We acknowledge: Jeremiah 3:13, Jeremiah 3:25, Leviticus 26:40-42, Ezra 9:6, Ezra 9:7, Nehemiah 9:2, Psalms 32:5, Psalms 51:3, Psalms 106:6-48, Daniel 9:5-8, 1 John 1:7-9

for: 2 Samuel 12:13, 2 Samuel 24:10, Job 33:27, Psalms 51:4, Luke 15:18-21

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 14:7 - do Jeremiah 18:20 - Remember Lamentations 2:20 - consider Daniel 9:8 - because Daniel 9:19 - thine Amos 7:2 - O Lord

Cross-References

Genesis 9:26
He also said, "Worthy of praise is the Lord , the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem!

Genesis 14:3
These last five kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).

Genesis 14:4
For twelve years they had served Kedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

Genesis 14:5
In the fourteenth year, Kedorlaomer and the kings who were his allies came and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

Genesis 14:6
and the Horites in their hill country of Seir, as far as El Paran, which is near the desert.

Genesis 14:9
Kedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of nations, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar. Four kings fought against five.

Genesis 14:17
After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet Abram in the Valley of Shaveh (known as the King's Valley).

Genesis 14:19
He blessed Abram, saying, "Blessed be Abram by the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth.

Genesis 24:27
saying "Praised be the Lord , the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his faithful love for my master! The Lord has led me to the house of my master's relatives!"

Genesis 28:22
Then this stone that I have set up as a sacred stone will be the house of God, and I will surely give you back a tenth of everything you give me."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers,.... This is said by the prophet, in the name of the few faithful that were among this people, who were sensible of their own sins, the sins of their ancestors, and which they ingenuously confess; their fathers had sinned, and they had imitated them, and continued in the same, and therefore might justly expect the displeasure of the Lord, and his controversy with them:

for we have sinned against thee; Jeremiah 14:7.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A second (compare Jeremiah 14:7-9) earnest intercession, acknowledging the wickedness of the nation, but appealing to the covenant and to God’s Almighty power.

Lothed - More exactly, “hath thrown away as worthless.”

Jeremiah 14:20

Our wickedness, and - Omit and. National sin is the sin of the fathers, perpetuated generation after generation by the children.

Jeremiah 14:21

This verse is in the original very emphatic, and consists of a series of broken ejaculations: “Abhor not for thy name’s sake! Disgrace - lightly esteem” in Deuteronomy 32:15 - “not the throne of thy glory! Remember! Break not etc. with us!” The throne of Yahweh’s glory is Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 14:22

None of the idols of the Gentiles can put an end to this present distress.

Art not thou he, O Lord our God! - Rather, “art thou not Yahweh our God?”

Thou hast made all these things - i. e., the heaven with its showers.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 14:20. We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness — This the prophet did in behalf of the people; but, alas! they did not join him.